The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-07-15

I of limited means are buying l2t
than ever before. Rents are mi r
promptly paid than formally
More houses are rented BY IA
same number of families tlkl
heretofore. Before prohibit n
sometimes as many as three fas p
lies would live in one house. Ih'
heads of those families now 10
spending their money for dGk.
are each able to rent hous
using three instead of one.
ing men who formerly
great part of their me-
Eqaor, nos siseiid.
clothes for their fnIniE~,
retail grocery men sell NOR ID:
and collect their bills betteS h1
ever before. Thus they arr. BIZ
to settle more promptly with the
wholesale men.
A perceptible increase has been
ticed in the number of people who
ride on the street cars. According
to the coal-dealers, many people
bought coal and stored it away
last winter who had never been
known to do so before. Others
who had been accustomed to buy
ing two or three tons on time, this
last winter bought seven or eight
and paid cash for it. a leading
proprietor of a millinery store
said that he had sold more hats
and bonnets to laboring men for
their wives and daughters, than
at any time during the his
tory of his business. Contractors
say their men do better work, and
on Saturday evenings, when they
receive their weeks wages, spend
the same for flour, hams, dry
goods, or other necessary things
for their families. Thus they are
in better spirits, have more hope,
and are not inclined to strike and
growl about higher wages.
Attendance upon the public
schools has increased. The su-
perintendent of public instruction
said in his report to the board of
of education, mads January 1st,
1887:
"n--;-,o the mast .l,earsit.,
come a subject of reids-1 Il
ers in the schools and by visIIe3s
that the children were more tidy,
we're better dressed, were better
shod, and presented a neater ap-
pearance than ever before. Less
trouble has been experienced in
having parents purchase books re-
quired by the rules, fewer children
have been withdrawn to aid in
supporting the family, the higher
classes in the grammar schools
have been fulle, and more chill
dren have been promoted to the
high schools, both male and fe-
male, than ever before in the his
tory of the schools. All these in
dications point to the increased
prosperity of the city, and to the
growing interest in the cause of
Education on the part of the peo-
pie"
There has been a marked in
creasein attendance upon the Sun
day schools of the city. This is
especially noticeable among the
suburban churches. Many chill
dren have started to the Sunday
schools who were not able to attend
for want of proper clothing. At
tendance upon the different
churches is far better. From 1900
to 2OO0 people have joined the va
rious churches of the city during
the year. -
The determination on they II
of the people to prohibit T.
quor traffic has stimulated ;
position to do away -
evils. The laws again3
are rigidly enforced. AGO
able stock of gamblers :,
gathered together for seveId E
past, was recently used fofH
purpose of making a large bonfire
on one of the unoccupied squares
of the city. The city council has
refused longer to grant license to
bucket shops, thus putting the
seal of its condemnation upon the
trade in futures of all kinds.
All these reforms have had a de-
cided tendency to diminish crime.
Two weeks were necessary former
ly to get through with the crimi-
nal docket. During the present
year it was closed out in two days.
The chain gang is almost left with
nothing but the chains and the
balls. The gang part would not
be large enough to work the pub
lie roads of the county were 1t not
augmented by fresh supplies
from the surrounding counties
The city government is in the
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